ある種の動物は嵐の訪れを感じ取る事ができる。

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English Translation

Some animals can sense the coming of a storm.

Furigana

ある種(たね)の動物(どうぶつ)は嵐(あらし)の訪(おとず)れを感(かん)じ取(と)る事(こと)ができる。

Romanji

Aru tane no dōbutsu wa arashi no otozure o kanjitoru koto ga dekiru.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

種 (たね)

seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

動物 (どうぶつ)

animal

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

嵐 (あらし)

storm; tempest; difficulty; trouble

訪れ (おとずれ)

visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; coming; appearance; news; tidings; word

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

感じ取る (かんじとる)

to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant